The girls built robots with motors and sensors to perform tasks and react to their environment, with a showcase event for parents was held on Wednesday. Take a look at the awesome job they all did in the photos below and be sure to check out photos from our Toolin’ It Manufacturing Camp we held earlier this month as well.

Oh, and no matter your age or gender, if you’re interested in a career in engineering, visit our programs of study for more information!

“Our decision to donate is based on our belief in the college’s mission statement “Preparing students for success in a diverse and globally connected world”. Access to the resources of a dependable and relevant educational program, such as Moraine Park, is paramount to our success”, Steel Craft Corporation.

Moraine Park Economic’s and Workforce Development department has partnered with Steel Craft Corporation in Hartford, WI to provide them with performance-minded business solutions. Moraine Park is working with Steel Craft to understand their needs as a company and their desire to build a skilled, high performance workforce. In return Steel Craft believes in the education of our students and in Moraine Park’s mission, because they have seen the value our instructors bring to their workforce. That is why they generously decided to donate materials needed to support the education of Moraine Park’s students.

UPDATED: May 21, 2017: Moraine Park is featured on Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien today. Correspondent Jessica Jallings reached out to Moraine Park, as she learned about the College’s innovative and extensive training of employees for the manufacturing workforce.

Jessica interviewed Moraine Park Associate Dean of Manufacturing Marcia Arndt as well as several students in both associate degree programs and boot camps in West Bend and Fond du Lac. She and her team also visited local employer Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) and sat in on the May 12 welding and CNC boot camp completion ceremony at the Fond du Lac campus.

Reading and hearing about new career opportunities is helpful. But what if you actually could try them out as well? Moraine Park Technical College is offering a unique opportunity to do just that with its “Test Drive” workshops for welding and computerized numerical control (CNC).

Alex Bertram didn’t really need to find something new. He spent his days at his job at a car wash, and he was okay with it. Then his mom started talking about boot camps, and then his girlfriend started talking about boot camps, and suddenly he started thinking about boot camps as something he should actually do. “I’ve been washing cars for the past two years,” said Bertram, “and I just think I was going nowhere. I got a dollar raise in a year of working there. Now that I’m here I feel like I’m always moving forward. I’m always learning something. There are so many opportunities that I have with this thing and it’s free. You get paid. You get a job – well, you could get a job, you have the opportunity to go get that for yourself.”

Cole Strassman is going to be a welder. In fact, it seems he already is, and probably what he would have been if he had never met us. The beauty of the boot camps is that it can take you where you want to go, even if you’re already on your way.

We love hearing from MPTC alumni! Here, 1974 Alumni Don Charleston shares the interesting journey his career took after Moraine Park. If you would like to share your MPTC alumni story, connect with us here!

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Did you know that fewer than 39% of teens have ever set foot inside a manufacturing company? If so, how can they be expected to know about the incredible career opportunities offered in manufacturing?

To have the opportunity to see a manufacturing site and get some hands on experience with skills needed in manufacturing join us at Moraine Park Technical College’s “Toolin’ It” Summer Camp June 12-16, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. daily at the West Bend Campus.